BurningbirdA friend sent me a link to a Slate article, How Smart is the Octopus?, discussing how to measure the intelligence of a creature from a completely different world. So much of our intelligence measuring is based on tools, but tools are, themselves, nothing more than devices helping a species survive in a hostile environment. How […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It is difficult to be sympathetic to people in Iowa and Missouri when you read some webloggers who gloat about how “well” their state did compared to how well the people did in New Orleans after Katrina. I think it’s time to take a closer look at events; to get some perspective on […]
A welcome break from the flooding occurred Saturday, June 14th, when one of the giraffes at the St. Louis Zoo gave birth to a baby in front of about 400 surprised zoo goers. I wasn’t there that day, but did go out the following Tuesday to take photos, including this one of mother and son. […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Update Unfortunately, there was one levee outside of Winfield we couldn’t save. second update Steve Ley, one of the two men in the photograph in the post, also wrote of today’s experience. third update The Salvation Army has set up a localized fund to help flood victims in Missouri. I […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I walk at the St. Louis Zoo early in the mornings a couple of days a week. If I get there early enough, I beat both the crowds and the heat. It’s an interesting place to visit, too, in the early mornings. This week I reached the Red Rock region […]